| 100% | IDLEHANDS | 9 | *The devil's workshop, so they say |
| 77% | IDLEHANDS | 9 | They are said to be the devil's workshop |
| 75% | IDLEHANDS | 9 | The devil's playthings, they say |
| 74% | IDLEHANDS | 9 | The devil's workshop, it's said |
| 73% | IDLEHANDS | 9 | The devil's workshop, as the saying goes |
| 64% | SKY | 3 | It's the limit, so they say |
| 59% | ULCER | 5 | Worrier's risk, so they say |
| 59% | PIE | 3 | It's easy, so they say |
| 59% | TOERR | 5 | It's human, so they say |
| 59% | THEDIE | 6 | It's cast, so they say |
| 58% | ENDS | 4 | They justify the means, so they say |
| 57% | DUG | 3 | Liked chap’s name, so they say |
| 57% | RAINBOW | 7 | Path to the gold, so they say |
| 56% | THELITTLETHINGS | 15 | They're what really count, so it's said ... or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues |
| 56% | NINELIVES | 9 | Cat's attribute, so they say (2 wds.) |
| 56% | ONE | 3 | They say it's the loneliest number |
| 55% | HOME | 4 | Place where the heart is, so they say |
| 55% | PATIENCE | 8 | It's a virtue, so they say |
| 55% | THREE | 5 | It's a crowd, so they say |
| 54% | NEWYORK | 7 | They say it's the city that never sleeps |
| 54% | SWAMP | 5 | Washington, once, so they say |
| 54% | TWO | 3 | "Terrible" age, so they say |
| 53% | IDLE | 4 | "___ hands are the devil's workshop" |
| 53% | IDLEHANDS | 9 | They are the devil's tools |
| 53% | THETOP | 6 | A lonely place, so they say |
| 53% | ROTTENEGG | 9 | Last one in, so they say |
| 53% | AGE | 3 | Bringer of wisdom, so they say |
| 53% | ALLSORTS | 8 | What it takes, so they say |
| 53% | ATTRACT | 7 | What opposites do, so they say |
| 53% | NINE | 4 | Cat lives count, so they say |